Wheel-scraper.



Patented'lune 25, I901.

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WHEEL SCBAPER.

(Application filed Mar. 8, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

PETER G. FOGELSTROM, OF BRAINERD, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJULIUS O. JAMIESON AND FREDERICK A. FARRAR, OF SAME PLACE.

WHEEL-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 677,073, dated June25, 1901.

Application filed March 8, 1901. Serial No. 50,310. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER G. FOGELSTROM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brainerd, in the county of Crow Wing and State of Minnesota,have invented new and useful Improvements in WVheel-Scrapers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle-wheel scrapers andcontemplates the provision of devices which, in addition to removing mudand dirt from the tires and fellies of vehicle-wheels, are calculated todeflect such mud and dirt toward the longitudinal center of the roadway,so that the same will fall between instead of in the wheel-tracks of theroadway, and hence will not be liable to be again taken up by the wheelsof other vehicles.

"With the foregoing in mind my invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View illustratingthe running-gear of a vehicle equipped with my improved devices. Fig. 2is a detail transverse section taken in the plane indicated by thebroken line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3is a detail side elevation illustrating the arrangement of one of thedevices with respect to one of the front wheels and the front axle ofthe vehicle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the devices removedfrom the vehicle.

In the said drawings similar letters of reference designatecorresponding parts in all of the several views, referring to which A Bare the front and rear axles of a vehicle running-gear, which may be andpreferably are of the ordinary construction and are connected togetherin the usual or in any other approved manner.

, O O are wheels mounted on the axles, and D D are my improved devicesfor removing mud and dirt from the tires and fellies of the wheels anddeflecting the same toward the longitudinal center of the roadway. Thesedevices are similarin construction, and therefore a detailed descriptionof the one shown in Fig. 4 will suffice to impart an understanding ofall. The said device preferably comprises an arm a, of wrought-iron orother suitable metal, and a plate 0, preferably of steel. The arm a hasan inner slotted portion 1), designed to be arranged flat against therear side of one of the axles A and adj ustably connected thereto bybolts 19, an intermediate portion 0, which extends outwardly andrearwardly from the inner portion 1), and an outer portion (Z, designedto rest parallel to the axle and in rear of one of the wheels thereon.The plate a is disposed in rear of and connected to the outer portion atof the arm a, preferably in a detachable manner, through the medium ofthumb-screws e, which take through threaded apertures in the arm portionZ) and into the plate. Said plate a is generally inclined rearwardly, asbest shown in Fig. 3, and its lower edge or end is arranged closelyadjacent to the tire of the vehicle-wheel, while on the outer edge ofits portion below the arm portion at it has a flange f, designed to restclose to the outer side of the wheel-telly. The upper portion of theplate-that is to say, the portion above the arm portion cZ-is curvedrearwardly and inwardly, as indicated by g, so that its outer rearcorner rests in a horizontal plane considerably below that of its innerrear corner, for a purpose presently pointed out.

In applying my improved devices to 2. vehicle the arms thereof areconnected to the rear sides of the vehicle-axles through the medium ofthe bolts 1) and are adjusted so that the lower ends of the plates arest closely adjacent to the wheel-tires and the flangesf closelyadjacent to the outer sides of the wheel-fellies. By virtue of thisarrangement it will be observed that the plates ct will effectuallyremove mud and dirt from the tires and fellies of the wheels, andconsequently prevent the wheels from throwing such mud and dirtupwardly; also, that the mud and dirt so removed will be deflected bythe curved upper portions 9 of plates at toward the lon gitudinal centerof the roadway and caused to fall between instead of in the wheel-tracksof said roadway. This is obviously an important advantage, since itremoves the liability of such mud and dirt being again taken up byvehicle-wheels and at the same time tends to improve the wheel-tracksot. the roadway.

It will be readily appreciated from the foregoing that my improveddevices are readily attachable to vehicles at present in use as well asto new vehicles, and also that theyare adapted to be adjusted so as torest in proper relation to vehicle-wheels arranged at various distancesapart.

When it is desired to remove dust from vehicle-wheels, the plates a maybe removed from the arms a and plates having steel brushes at theirlower ends substituted therefor. Vith the exception of the steel brushesthe latter plates are similar in construction tothe plates (1 and areadaptedto operate in thesain-e manner-that is tosay, they arecalcnlatedto deflect the-dust removed from the Vehicle-wheel inwardlytoward the-longi tudinahcenter of the roadway. t

I have entered into-a-detail description of the constructionand-relative arrangement of parts embraced in the i present embodimentof' my-invention in order to -impart a full, clear, and exactnnderstanding of the same. I .do not desire, however, to beunderstoodasconfining myself-to such specific construction andarrangement of parts,as such changes or modificationsmay bedmade in practice asfairly.fallwithin the scope of my invention.

Having. described my invention, what I claim,- :and-desire to secureby-Letters Patent, 1

wheels of-the vehicle, and-means connecting v theaplate to. the vehicle;thesaidpla-te have ingtitslo-wer end Earrangedadjacent to=thetire of thevehicle-Wheel, and being generally inclined upwardly and rearwardly fromthe same and being provided with the upper portion curved rearwardly andinwardly so that its outer rear corner rests in a horizontal plane belowthat of its inner rear corner,

whereby it is adapted to deflect the dirt removed fromthe tire of thevehicle-wheel toward the longitudinal center of a roadway, substantiallyas specified.

2. The combination with the running-gear of a vehicle; of devicescomprising arms having portions arranged parallel to the axles ofranged-adjacent 'to the tires of the vehicle-"- wheels, and beinggenerallyinclinedup+- wardly and rearwardly from Lh"SELm6, -3|I1d I:

provided with: the upper -portions:c1 1-rved1 rearwardly and inwardly soI that: their outer rear corners restin a horizontal plane belotw thatof theirinner rear corners, wherebythey are adapted to deflect the dirtremoved fromr the tires ofthe wheels toward the longitudh nal centerof-aroadway,and bolts eXt-endingr throughthe slots in the -arms of thedevices and connectingsaid arms to the axlesof the running-gear,substantially asspecified.

nesses;

PETER G. -F0Gr'ELSTROM;

Witnesses:

E. VoN ESOHEN, 'A; X.- MoCAnrHYs In testimony whereof I haveherennto'setmy hand in presence of two s11bscribing wit-:

